Process of preparing and dry cleaning articles



Dec. 17, 1929. B. M. SAVITT 1,740,271

PROCESS OF PREPARING AND DRY CLEANING ARTICLES Filed May 17, 1929 filyj 4 I j j 417m WW5 $1M iii) Patente Fee. 17, 1929 UNITED STATES BENJAMIN M. SAVITT, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA PROCESS OF PREPARING AND DRY CLEANING ARTICLES Application filed May 17, 1929. Serial No. 363,960.

My present invention relates to the process of preparing and dry cleaning'articles, and has for its object to render the process more expeditious and considerably cheaper.

A granular cleaning medium such as sawdust saturated to any desired degree with gasoline or other cleaning fluid is now commonly used for cleaning articles by rubbing the cleaning medium on the article or by placing the article with a quantity of this medium in a tumbler and operating said tumbler to cause the cleaning medium to produce a cleaning action on the garment. This method of cleaning articles, while very efficient, is objectionable for the reason that the granular cleaning medium works into all openings, pockets, seams and the like in the article as well as the interior thereof. The expense of removing the granular cleaning medium from the cleaned article is considerable for the reason that the article often has to be ripped to remove said medium therefrom and then resewed.

If the granular cleaning medium is not entirely removed from an article, it keeps working out thereof with the result that the customer is not entirely pleased with the work and if the resewing is not neatly done, the customer is further displeased.

In carrying out my improved process in its preferred form, a sewing machine having a chain stitch is used in closing or sealing, by stitches, all openings, pockets, seams and the like in the article to be cleaned to prevent the granular cleaning medium from lodging in any openings or recesses therein and from getting into the interior of said article. This stitching may be very quickly done and thereafter the article is cleaned in the customary manner. After the article is cleaned the granular cleaning medium may be very quickly removed therefrom by shaking, brush ing or the like and then the chain stitches removed in the customary manner by breaking the thread and pulling on one end thereof.

By the use of this process, a garment may be very quickly cleaned and the cleaning medium removed therefrom at a comparatively small cost.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several Views.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 is an outside view of a coat showing the pockets and seams closed by means of chain stitches;

Fig. 2 is an inside View of the same;

Fig. 3 is a detail View in section taken on thelline 33 of Fig. 2, on an enlarged scale; an

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view partly in elevation and partly in section of a rotatable tumbler in the form of a drum showing the coat therein with a quantity of granular cleaning medium.

The numeral 5 indicates a coat as an entirety with the exception of the ordinary stitches 6 which connect the several parts thereof, and the numeral 7 indicates chain stitches which temporarily seal or close the pockets, seams and other openings in said coat. As previously stated, articles are commonly cleaned with a granular cleaning medium by rubbing the same thereon by hand or by tumbling the medium and the article in a drum. In Fig. 4, as shown, a rotatable drum 8 in which the coat 5 is placed after all openings therein have been sealed or closed by the chain stitches 7, together with a quantity a granular cleaning medium 9 such sawdust saturated with gasoline.

Any suitable means, not shown, may be provided for rotating the drum to tumble the coat 5 and cleaning medium to produce a cleaning action on said coat.

After the coat has been thoroughly cleaned, the same is removed from the drum 8 and the cleaning medium 9 removed from the exterior thereof by shaking, brushing or otherwise. This process, of course, is very simple. Thev chain stitches 7 are then removed by breaking the threads and pulling on one end thereof. Very little time is required to remove these stitches.

When cleaning fur garments or the like a silk or other thread having a hard smooth finish is used to prevent the same from catching on the fur when removing the chain stitches from the article.

By sealing or closing all openings in a garment to be cleaned, a large amount of W01k is saved and hence the cost of cleaning is greatly reduced.

What I claim is:

1. The process of preparing and dry cleaning an article which consists in sealing the openings, pockets, seams, and the like therein by fastening means, in subjecting the article to a granular cleaning medium, in shaking, brushing or otherwise removing the cleaning mediumfrom the cleaned article, and finally in removing the fastening means from the article.

2. The process of preparing and dry cleaning an article which consists in sealing the openings, pockets, seams, and the like there in by means of chain stitches, in subjecting v the article to a granular cleaning medium, in

shaking, brushing or otherwise removing the cleaning medium from a cleaned article, and finally in removing the chain stitches from the article.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

BENJAMIN M. SAVITT.

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